Archive for the ‘Wildlife’ Category
Bears, wild hogs on the increase
A bumper Southern Appalachian acorn crop during the fall of 2008 kept Great Smoky Mountains National Park and North Georgia wildlife well fed. But the heavy mast enhanced the animals’ reproduction and has led to a nuisance problem for wildlife managers.
Russian wild hogs have been a Smokies woe for a century. They were brought to a nearby hunting preserve in the early part of the 1900s, eventually escaped their confines and multiplied rapidly with an ample food supply. Read the rest of this entry »
New Bigfoot Sighting on the AppalachianTrail
These stories are fun to see. I’ve seen plenty of hikers without their packs who could pass as bigfoot:)
My Favorite Bear Video
I was searching for Appalachian Trail videos on youtube and found this very funny video. As we were all told, bears are afraid of us and yelling in a low voice will scare them even more. I guess that is the expected reaction.
